The reason I selected his
The reason I selected his blog is simple. If you are going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk; if you are not going to walk the walk, then don't talk the talk. That's the message I got out of it. The message you got out of it is different, not wrong, just different.
For the readers, here is his most excellent blog:
Member Blog of the Week - The Short of the Runway By Duncan
EDIT: He was also saying we don't have to be all or nothing, only be of one group and not the other. We can do both if that makes us happy, and I am all for that...if it makes someone happy. It made him happy. It just so happens, I am in the barefoot/minimalist group, not the crazy, insane shoe group.
I am not anti-shoe, I am anti-insane when it comes to
particular types of shoes. I thought I made that clear. There's nothing wrong with people running in shoes if they enjoy it, if they make them feel good, if they are not being injured by them, if they are being offered some sort of protection, etc. Running in something that is clearly not healthy is
the problem I have with some types of shoes. So don't put me in the anti-shoe camp. I'm not there.